Roofing-paper roll



- (No Model.)

, M. EHR Jr.

ROOFING PA OLL.

No. 407,583. Patented July 23, 1889."

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MICHAEL EHRET, J R, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROOFING-PAPER ROLL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,583, dated July 23,1889.

Application filed March 3, 1888- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL EHRET, J r., a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Roofing-Paper Rolls, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and securemeans of forwarding to the users of rolls of roofingpaperorfelt thenails and washers usually sold with the same as a means of securing thestrip of felt to a roof; and this object I attain by utilizing the coreon which the roofing paper or felt is wound to form receptacles for saidnails and washers, as fully described hereinafter, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a roll of roofing material with my improvement. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the roll and its core. Fig. 3 is an endview showing the cap covering part of the roll only, and Figs. 4 and 5are views illustrating modifications.

A is the core, made usually of wood and either square, round, or manysided, and B is the tarred paper or felt for roofing purposes, rolledaround this core for convenience of transportation. This paper is whatis generally known as prepared roofing, and is ordinarily used on farmbuildings, sheds, and houses in newly-settled localities, the paperbeing attached to the roof by means of tacks or nails passing throughlarge washers, so that the paper will not tear away from the head of thetack or nail; hence it has been customary to ship with each roll ofroofingpaper a package of such nails and washers, these packages beingusually wrapped up separately and attached to the roll in any convenientway. The objection to this is that in very many cases the bundles becomedetached from the rolls and are lost before reaching their destination.

I overcome the difficulty by utilizing the core A as a carrier foreither the washers or roofing nails, or both, by forming a chamber a inone or both ends of the core, the openings being closed by means ofsuitable caps,

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as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. One of the chambers I may utilize for thewashers and the other for the nails, each holding a sufiicient quantityto properly fasten down the material contained in the roll.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a cap in the form of a screw-plug b, having awide flange 1) extending beyond the core, thus not only preventing theescape of the washers or nails from these chambers, but also preventingthe roll from slipping longitudinally on the core and protecting theendsof the roll of paper.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the cap covering only part of the roll.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the cap in the form of a metal plate secured tothe end of the core by means of tacks, and in Fig. 5 I have shown theopening for the insertion and removal of the nails or washers in theside of the core, the chamber in this case being permanently closed atthe outer end, and the nails or washers being placed in the chamberprevious to the insertion of the core in the roll of paper, so that inorder to remove the nails or washers the paper must be first removedfrom the core.

I claim as my invention- 1. A core for a roll of roofing-paper having achamber at one or both ends and caps therefor larger in diameter thanthe core, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A core for a roll of roofing-paper having a chamber at one or bothends and a screwcap closing said chamber, and havingaflange of largerdiameter than the core, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of a core for a rollof roofing-paper with caps oflarger diameter- MIOHAEL EHRET, JR. Witnesses:

HENRY HowsoN, HARRY SMITH.

